At this year's JavaOne, music legend and pioneer Neil Young will join Sun Microsystems' executives during the Opening Keynote session on May 6 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO (Business Wire EON) May 2, 2008 --
At this year's JavaOne, music legend and pioneer Neil Young will join
Sun Microsystems' executives during the Opening Keynote session on May 6
at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Neil Young and Sun will make an announcement during the event, and
provide a special demonstration of a new multi-media music project. Come
hear and see what Java technology means to Neil Young.
About 15,000 people are expected to attend this year's JavaOne
conference from May 6-9, and thousands will join Sun Microsystems for
the second annual CommunityOne event (a free event) the day prior -- on
May 5. JavaOne and CommunityOne are among the biggest conferences in the
world for free and open-source software, attracting developers from
across the globe. The Java platform has attracted more than 6 million
software developers worldwide, and powers more than 5.5 billion devices
including mobile phones, smart cards, Blu-ray players, set-top boxes,
PCs, car navigation systems and more.
Media must register in advance to attend JavaOne and the opening
keynote. To register, please visit: http://www.cplan.com/javaone2008/press_analyst_registration/
Sun Microsystems is the largest business contributor to the open source
community.
More details and logistics on the opening keynote are below.
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Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco
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Day/Time: Tuesday, May 6; 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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Who: Rich Green (EVP, Software, Sun Microsystems) will be joined by
several special guests, including Neil Young and Sun Microsystems
CEO Jonathan Schwartz
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-- Following the keynote, Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green will
participate in a post-keynote media and analyst Q&A (Moscone Center,
Room 123; starts around 10:30 a.m.)
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Webcast: The keynote session with Neil Young will be available
live at: www.sun.com/javaone
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-- The general public can register to attend JavaOne at this same
site.
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Photos: Photos will be available to download following the keynote
in the JavaOne press kit: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/javaone2008
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To view blogs at JavaOne BlogCentral, please go to: http://sun.com/presskits/javaone2008/blogs.jsp
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